Awarded contract

Upgrade of 2 MR Mobiles

Details

Value
£214,228
Topic
Radiography devices
Published
23 January 2024

Tender description

To remain clinically competitive with both new NHS Wales MR installations and commercial MR Mobile services, Cardiff and Vale UHB required 2 new MR Mobiles. Lot 1: GE Medical Systems Limited were contacted via NHSSC to provide a quote for the upgrade of two SIGNA Voyager IB Options 1.5T EMEA with 3D reconstruction. As they are the original equipment manufacturer of the equipment, they are the sole supplier of the bespoke software required for the upgrade. As such the contract will be directly awarded via the NHSSC framework MRI Scanners 2022 (Contract Reference Number: 2021/S 000-007768).

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date21 December 2023
  2. Completed: Award published23 January 2024
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About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33111600 · Radiography devices

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